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Francesco Menzocchi (1502–1574) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance and Mannerist period. He was born in Forlì belonged to the Forlì painting school and was active mainly in Forlì and Pesaro. Menzocchi was also called il Vecchio di San Bernardo. He apprenticed first with painter Marco Palmegiani and later Girolamo Genga. He worked under the latter in the Villa Imperiale in Pesaro where he would influence Raffaellino del Colle.